NHL Involvement in IIHF In-Line Program

[MartyAlexander]

Dear IHC Readers:

Hoping you can help me with this one. The recent NARCh-NHL press release states that "Between 1996 and 1998, the League also operated the International Ice Hockey Federation's Inline Hockey World Championships".

Is that true?

Thanks for any insights.

[royed]

Hi Marty,

Yes the NHL's Fan Development Department helped manage the IIHF' World Championships. I know one of the events was in Anaheim.

They stopped just after I started to work for them.

Roy

[RichardGraham]

Hi Marty,

And they did an excellent job. The first two IIHF World Championships were held at Disney Ice in Anaheim.

I attended both, and was very impressed. The NHL even had some of the fans have their faces painted in the colors of their national teams flags; that was pretty cool, and something I hadn't recalled seeing before at an inline hockey event!

Sincerely,

Richard Graham
Editor
Inline Hockey Central